Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera...

Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007] | Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas | I will never forget this performance

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Tchaikovsky - Euge...

	Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007] Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas Decca, 2007 average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

DVD: Eugene Onegin

I saw this cast at the Met last year and loved it so much that I went see it streaming into a movie theater a week later. I am thrilled with the DVD! Unlike some other reviewers, I think the sets are very effective in giving the viewer a sense of place, scope, and class distinction without getting in the way of the music and drama.
The filming takes nothing away from the opera, but enchances the emotions of the drama because one can see the faces of these fine singers/ actors. I don't give out great praise unless it is greatly deserved - Hurrah! to the singers, orchestra, set and costume designers, etc. and the Met for making opera at the movies and this film available to the masses who cannot get to N.Y.

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I will never forget this performance

I saw this production at the Met in 02/07 and was impressed, the best performance I have ever seen. And the video is even better, you get close ups of facial expressions, Hvorostovsky and Fleming are, in addition to their voices, superb actors. This role is Dmitri's, no one else could compare. The two have a chemistry. Ramon Vargas is also superb. EXCELLANT!

Magnificent Met production

Anyone who likes Tchaikovsky's music, excellent singing and beautiful opera productions will greatly enjoy this DVD. Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky are a beautiful couple, both singing and visually, They sing marvelously.I personally loved the set and costume design. Unfortunately, there is a defect on disc n° 2, Act 3, scene 1, between chapters 8-10; therefore I cannot say anything on the performance of Prince Gremin and the initial Polonaise. But I must say regarding the other parts: this is a magnificent stage production and also that Ramon Vargas (who, for me, looks like Schubert) is a high class tenor. People should have this production in their musical collection. Valery Gergiev, by the way, is super, as usual. With best wishes.

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Stunning performances by the principals

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Stunning Performances by the principals., Jan 3 2008
By Hazel Smith (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

I saw the HD presentation in 2007 and was so impressed that I went back for the encore two weeks later. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that the Met would get a dvd of the production out so fast. I pre-ordered 2 copies the minute it was advertised. I am a devoted fan of Renee Fleming and she didn't disappoint; nor did Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Ramon Vargas was in excellent voice. The setting(for me) emphacized the isolation of the Russian steppe-vast landscape with few people. The ballroom scenes, with chairs hemming everyone in, seemed to symbolize the constrictions of conventional society. I know some people objected to the minimalist nature of the sets, but they worked for me and underlined some important facets of the opera. Aside from the glorious singing and acting, I loved watching Valery Gergiev conduct. The bonus features backstage were great. Thanks to Robert Carsen for another fabulous production. I've watched my dvd twice already. I just can't get enough of the "letter scene", the "polonaise", or the final duet. Enjoy!!!!!

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